Chance a Nebraskan CS major for elite colleges [4.0 GPA, 36 ACT]

[DadOfJerseyGirl]

@ucbalumnus

A year of high school art* is a frosh admission requirement for California public universities

@thursdayseveryday

Ah, thank you! That’s frustrating, but not a big loss since the UCs weren’t really that intriguing to me anyways.

The UCs make an exception if the school doesn’t offer art, but incorporates art indirectly through other course work. I know this from first hand experience (my daughter’s NJ based STEM magnet school).

@thursdayseveryday

The schools with an asterisk are schools that would only be a last resort, I don’t think I’d ever want to go there if I got accepted to another school

Keep in mind that you’re going to have to apply EA to all the public schools in this list. Maybe narrow down to 2 or 3 - there’s really no point in applying to so many schools if you really don’t like them. I think Wisconsin, Purdue and UMD will all be likely, especially given the geographic diversity you bring. I really don’t see the point of applying to Rutgers, tbh.

@Momofthree24

@chmcnm

You want CS. What if you ED to Chicago and get accepted. Then you get into MIT, CMU or Stanford?

It doesn’t work this way. If OP gets in anywhere ED, every other application needs to be withdrawn. So they won’t ever know if they got in to the other schools.

MIT, Stanford, CMU and Chicago all release their early decisions within 2 weeks or less of each other (some are days apart), so decisions from all will be in before OP has to withdraw his apps. But note: 67% of MIT EA applicants are deferred, and second, OP will not be able to apply to Stanford (REA) if he ED’s to Chicago.